Network application development limitations

Distributed InTouch applications typically have a central development computer, central data storage, and client workstations that run distributed applications. You use InTouch Network Application Development (NAD) to build and maintain distributed applications. NAD enables client stations to maintain a copy of a single application without restricting the development of that application. Client stations are automatically notified when the application changes.

NAD applications do not appear on the list of applications shown on the Start.html page when the user logs on to the InTouch Access Anywhere server.

The InTouch Access Anywhere service populates the Start.html file drop-down list of available InTouch applications. This service runs under a local system account by default and cannot communicate with applications or folders on remote computers, which are typical of a NAD environment. This is the reason why NAD applications do not appear in the list of InTouch applications.

If you open Application Manager and see InTouch applications whose folders are not located on the computer's local hard drives, then those applications will also not appear on the drop down list of the Start.html page.

A workaround is to set the InTouch Access Anywhere service to run under a specific domain user account that has sufficient privileges on the Access Anywhere server and can also access the application directory on the NAD primary computer.